2000 Daewoo Nubira Reviews - Page 7 of 10

2000 Daewoo Nubira CDX 2.0 from North America

Summary:

Faults:

The ignition key is warm to the touch after driving the car. It is more noticeable during the summer months.

General Comments:

I love it!

The performance of the car is great.

The sound system is wonderful, it even comes with a CD player standard.

For the price of the car you get many many standards that are options on other makes of cars.

My husband is a mechanic and thinks we made a great investment in the purchase of this car.

Ernie Patti, in St. Louis city, takes care of the maintenance on my car. They are very helpful, courteous and don't talk down to you just because you are a female. I get a ride to work when I drop my car off, even when I'm just getting the oil changed.

After over two years, I still get compliments on the look of the car.

The sticker price of the car is low, but the look of the car is expensive.

2000 Daewoo Nubira Wagon ??? from North America

Summary:

Great car for the price!

Faults:

In-dash cup holder broke.

General Comments:

Great little car for the money. No complaints except that the manufacturer is discontinuing the warranty work (free oil changes etc...) since way before they went into "bankruptcy". Thankfully the dealership has picked up the ball on the 100,000 mile warranty.

As a 6'5" guy with a 5'3" wife and three growing kids (8,10,13), I think that it is a pretty well designed little car.

2000 Daewoo Nubira SE 2.0 from North America

Summary:

Faults:

Had to replace brakes at 23000, even though most of the miles were driven on the highway.

I have to pay attention to my transmission, to adjust the pressure too much on the gas pedal for it to shift.

Tires blew at 20000 miles. Must be because its Hankok!

General Comments:

I will never buy a Korean car again. It has a good warranty just because they want to buy a customer. I have to play a lot with the gas pedal for the tranny to work properly, this way I don't enjoy the ride. It was supposed to be an economical car, but I make maybe 15 mpg in the city which is pretty bad.

Even though nothing big went down, I have a feeling like I'll be spending a lot of time at the dealership in the near future.

4th Sep 2001, 13:11

Don't dismiss Korean cars as a whole yet. Between Daewoo and Hyundai, the latter appears to be more dependable. Just like buying Korean appliances -- Samsungs I've observed to be consistently reliable, LG's (Goldstar) don't make the grade.

13th Oct 2001, 23:16

LG (and GoldStar) is highly reliable. We have a GoldStar Over-the-Range microwave oven, and LG 17" monitor. Both have worked flawlessly. I have also seen 2 GoldStar monitors from the late 80's being used almost daily.

20th Nov 2003, 12:57

As for not being able to afford a Honda, that's true if you want a new one. But you can buy a late 80s or early 90s Honda, very cheap, and it will still be more reliable than a Daewoo. I would put my money on its reliability over a new Hyundai, too. But to be fair, all indications are that Hyundais are much better than they used to be.

25th Nov 2003, 11:26

Any Honda from the 80's or early 90's that is "very cheap" is also going to be very high (150K+) miles. Even Hondas start to need work at that point and I doubt that one would be more reliable than a newer lower mileage Korean car. Btw, Kia is owned by Hyundai so would expect quality (or lack of) to be comparable.